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No Returns

A new direction to tackle insecurity in retail following COVID-19.

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The Work Foundation is the leading think tank for improving work in the UK. We have been an authoritative, independent source of ideas and analysis on the labour market and the wider economy for over a hundred years.

The start of the storm: new ONS labour market data shows the jobs crisis is just getting started

We are beginning to see the true impact of the COVID-19 crisis on unemployment. This blog analyses the latest labour market data.

Time to tackle the job insecurity faced by UK care workers

This blog focuses on the job insecurity and risk facing the UK social care sector.

Gender Matters

This joint project with Lancaster University Management School aims to shed light on a range of gender challenges facing UK organisations.

The looking glass - Mental health in the UK film, TV and cinema industry

A report exploring the experiences of people who have had a mental health problem while working in film and TV.

Class, participation and job quality in the UK's Creative Industries

New research paper on class participation and job quality in the UK's Creative Industries from the Work Foundation and the Policy and Evidence Centre for Creative Industries

No Returns: retail worker insecurity in the context of COVID-19

As our recent briefing on the retail sector highlighted, long term trends have been driving job insecurity in the sector over recent years.